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1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 19 May 1912 and ended on 17 November 1912.

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Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 2-1 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

16 June 1912 Semi-final Laois 4-00 - 2-2 Dublin Portlaoise Sportsfield
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H Boland
23 June 1912 Quarter-final Wexford 4-6 - 2-3 Offaly Jones's Road
Referee: J Quigley
11 August 1912 Semi-final Kilkenny 4-4 - 4-3 Wexford Jones's Road
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H Boland
15 September 1912 Final Laois 2-4 - 6-6 Kilkenny Portaloise Sportsfield
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: H Boland

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

19 May 1912 Quarter-final Waterford 1-00 - 4-5 Limerick Waterford Sportsfield
2 June 1912 Quarter-final Cork 4-5 - 2-1 Kerry Fermoy Sportsfield
Referee: J McDonnell
18 August 1912 Semi-final Clare 2-3 - 3-3 Tipperary Ennis Sportsfield
Referee: J McDonnell
1 September 1912 Semi-final Cork 2-2 - 1-3 Limerick Fraher Field
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J McDonnell
27 October 1912 Final Cork 5-1 - 3-1 Tipperary Fraher Field
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: J McDonnell

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

25 August 1912 Semi-final Limerick 11-4 – 2-0 Antrim Jones's Road
Referee: J Grace
29 September 1912 Semi-final Kilkenny 8-3 – 2-2 Galway Jones’s Road
Referee: M. F. Crowe
17 November 1912 Final Kilkenny 2-1 – 1-3 Cork Jones's Road
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M. F. Crowe

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
  • Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

References

  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

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